Drawing Expressive Characters
Influences
A course by Omar Lozano , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“The personal style for painting and drawing is constantly changing and there are always influences that nurture our journey. Here, I'll tell you about my tastes and their impact on my work over the years. ”
In this video lesson Omar Lozano addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing Expressive Characters. Capture every little detail to bring your characters to life through their facial expressions and body language.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences Since you know me a little and you know what I have worked on, I will tell you a little about my influences throughout my life. Like many of you, as a child my main influences they were related to anime and Japanese culture that they broadcast on TV. My main reference was "Dragon Ball". For me at the time my head exploded for all its dynamism. The character designs made me super fathers. Everything about the style of "Dragon Ball" influenced me for many years. At some point I started to have more influence of American artists or that were related to the animation industry in the ...”
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Course summary for: Drawing Expressive Characters
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Comic, Drawing, Manga, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Omar Lozano
A course by Omar Lozano
Mexican illustrator Omar Lozano has more than 10 years' experience working on comics, children's books, and character design. He seeks to express life and what it is to be alive in each and every one of his illustrations.
It all began with comics when he worked as a film colorist for DC, Marvel, and IDW projects, to name just a few. He worked as an artist in the remake of Ultraduck (a Mexican comic known for its '90s-style inspiration) before training as a conceptual artist for video games. He went on to illustrate children's books, some including DC characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and the Justice League crew.
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